EFF members arriving in Senekal. (Pieter Du Toit, News24)

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“Phantsi ibhunu phantsi! Long live Julius Malema! Down AfriForum, down DA, down FF! We own these streets! More fighters are coming!” (@PieterDuToit) pic.twitter.com/ee6sN22hjD
— Team News24 (@TeamNews24) October 16, 2020

5m ago

Many EFF supporters have some form of “weapon” with them, ranging from knobkieries to what seems like a full set of golf clubs. (@PieterDuToit) pic.twitter.com/ChbX5hY74m
— Team News24 (@TeamNews24) October 16, 2020

6m ago

The EFF, with golf clubs and an assortment of knobkieries, bats and sticks held aloft. The NG Klipkerk (the Dutch Reformd Church) is in the background. ?? (@PieterDuToit) pic.twitter.com/xZOoze61mJ
— Team News24 (@TeamNews24) October 16, 2020

7m ago

Golf clubs and sticks raised to the sky as EFF members protest in #Senekal #BrendinHorner (@AlexMitchley) pic.twitter.com/vHUDdiVAdi
— Team News24 (@TeamNews24) October 16, 2020

38m ago

An EFF supporter wearing a cricket helmet and wielding a wrench. Some avid dagga smokers around too. (@PieterDuToit) pic.twitter.com/S4wXykMM7W
— Team News24 (@TeamNews24) October 16, 2020

39m ago

A small group of farmers have also started gathering at the Padstal restaurant in #Senekal (@AlexMitchley) pic.twitter.com/skowZUtmnM
— Team News24 (@TeamNews24) October 16, 2020

46m ago

A gathering of local farmers on one of the entrance routes into Senekal. (Pieter Du Toit, News24)

1h ago

Senekal quiet but tense as a couple of hundred EFF supporters prepare for their leader, and AfriForum prepares for its leadership. @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/xImSE6EY3Y
— Pieter Du Toit (@PieterDuToit) October 16, 2020

1h ago

There are already a few hundred EFF supporters in the street near the court, singing and dancing. The EFF truck is ready. Many EFF members seem to be wielding golf clubs.

- Pieter Du Toit

1h ago

EFF members have started arriving in #Senekal, making their way to the demarcated area where they will be protesting, near the court @TeamNews24 #BrendinHorner pic.twitter.com/43Jng8nRfo
— Alex Mitchley (@AlexMitchley) October 16, 2020

1h ago

Police Roadblocks coming into #Senekal, officers checking for weapons and will turn anyone away who has any sort of weapon. #BrendinHorner @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/CBe92srM1r
— Alex Mitchley (@AlexMitchley) October 16, 2020

1h ago

EFF buses arriving in Senekal amid a heavy police presence. These buses were followed seconds afterwards by an AfriForum contingent. @TeamNews24 pic.twitter.com/BEzZf59BAD
— Pieter Du Toit (@PieterDuToit) October 16, 2020

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